A co-worker brought some zucchini's to work so I grabbed one and made this recipe and brought it back to work. It is sooo .... not dry. :) It's so chocolatey and a great way to use up that zucchini. I got the recipe from HERE on allrecipes.com but I did my own tweaking so I wasn't using so much oil and added a spice ganache. I also baked it in a bundt cake pan.
You should try this one...it's seriously so good! YUM
- Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
4 eggs
3/4 cup veg oil
3/4 cup apple sauce
3 cups grated peeled zucchini
3/4 cups semi-sweet choc chips
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Ganache
6 oz of semi-sweet choc chips (if you have a food scale use it otherwise it's about a cup)
3/4 cup heavy cream (I kicked this up a notch and used full-fat egg nog) - Directions
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan or 10 cups bundt cake pan.
*In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Add the eggs, oil, and apple sauce and mix well. Fold in the nuts, zucchini, and chocolate chips until they are evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
*Bake for 50-60 mins in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely before frosting.
Put choc chips in a small heatproof bowl like a cereal bowl.
Put cream or eggnog in a microwave save glass and heat up carefully in the microwave. It took me about 70 secs to heat up. Watch carefully because it will boil over quickly if it gets too hot and all microwaves are different. You could do 20 min intervals then stir in between each time.
Once the cream is hot but not boiling pour over chocolate chips, don't stir, and put a saucer over top and let sit for 30 secs.
Using a whisk take the saucer off after 30 secs and whisk chocolate and cream together until combined and smooth. Set in fridge for about 10 mins to cool and thicken slightly. Pour over the cake once the cake is cool. - You can garnish with chocolate chips or chopped walnuts if desired.
